Big 4 Diabetes articles

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HEALTH AGENCIES UPDATE: Pesticides-Diabetes Link
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

EDITORIAL: Diabetes Mellitus--A Call for Papers
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

LETTERS: Oral Hypoglycemic Use and the SANDS Trial
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

COMMENTARY: Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Treat Now by Treating Comorbidities
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

LETTERS: Oral Hypoglycemic Use and the SANDS Trial--Reply
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

HEALTH AGENCIES UPDATE: Drugs and Cancer Risk
JAMA current issue - 22 Jul 2008 21:34

Statins for children?
...hypertension or diabetes, and those whose family history is unknown should also be screened.
The Lancet - 18 Jul 2008 10:44

BOOK REVIEW: Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects
Shortly before his election as president, John F. Kennedy wrote, "Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors." To this statement we might add "and books on controversial medical topics," ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 16 Jul 2008 22:27

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Fetuin-A and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Older Persons
...type 2 diabetes mellitus is unknown. Objective To determine whether fetuin-A levels are associated with incident diabetes in older persons. Design, Setting, and Participants Observational study among 3075 well-functioning persons aged 70 to 79 years. In this case-cohort study, we retrospectively measured fetuin-A levels in baseline serum among...
JAMA current issue - 8 Jul 2008 21:39

β-cell transplantation for diabetes therapy
In their Comment, Piero Ruggenenti and colleagues outline why they have decided not to continue islet-cell transplantation. We wish to clarify several points for readers.
The Lancet - 4 Jul 2008 10:48

β-cell transplantation for diabetes therapy – Authors' reply
In the largest series of islet transplant recipients treated with a common protocol of islet preparation and post-transplantation care (the Edmonton protocol), only 16 of 36 patients were still insulin-independent at 1 year; 10 had complete graft loss. Consistently, comparative studies have found that only 31% of islet recipients versus 96% of whol...
The Lancet - 4 Jul 2008 10:

β-cell transplantation for diabetes therapy
...treatment of diabetes.
The Lancet - 4 Jul 2008 10:48

β-cell transplantation for diabetes therapy
Piero Ruggenenti and colleagues (March 15, p 883) highlight their failure to establish a clinical islet transplantation programme. Results of islet transplantation are similar to those of the early days of organ transplantation, where initial success rarely met with long-term function. The Edmonton protocol achieved reproducible insulin independenc...
The Lancet - 4 Jul 2008 10:48

CORRECTIONS: Metformin versus Insulin for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes
...of Gestational Diabetes . In the abstract (page 2003), under Results, the parenthetical information should read "(relative risk, 0.99; 95% confidence interval, 0.80 to ...
New England Journal of Medicine - 2 Jul 2008 22:20